Summary

This position is with the Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of General Counsel (OGC), located in either the D.C. or Herndon, VA office. The incumbent will report directly to the Director of the Information Law Office which is a Supervisory Attorney-Advisor within the OIG OGC (at either location). The Supervisory Attorney-Advisor's management areas include matters concerning the regulatory and statutory framework governing the management, protection, release and quality of federal government records under the Federal Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act (PA) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) regulations.

As a Records and Information Management Specialist you will be responsible for managing the OIG records management program which includes the formulation and implementation of program policy and procedures to successfully meet the goals and requirements of the Federal Records Act, and related statutes, regulations, and policies. You will also perform additional duties to support the Information Law Office's ability to efficiently process FOIA and PA matters.

Major duties include:

• Coordinates the proper disposition of records consistent with governmentwide policies and procedures.
• Works with OIG Information Technology leadership and staff on electronic recordkeeping procedures and records management applications.
• Provides guidance and training to records custodians on the same and on the records management lifecycle requirements; create and deliver annual staff-wide records management training; and ensures OIG staff receive sufficient information/training to ensure compliance with applicable legal, Departmental, OIG and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) record keeping requirements.
• Providing support to OGC FOIA and PA information processing activities such as reviewing, analyzing and processing FOIA and PA requests, and interpreting and applying related laws.
• Manages record keeping procedures for records created through social media tools, text messages, electronic messages, voicemails, websites, other digital media, like photos and videos, and collaborative tools.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a current DOI OIG employee.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Successful completion of a background investigation.
• Time-in-grade requirement - Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for the Selective Service.
• Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch.

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. We will only review your resume to determine whether minimum experience requirement(s) have been met.

Merit Promotion candidates (Federal employees) must meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Minimum Qualifications GS-14:

To qualify for this position, you must have one year (52 weeks) of experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service performing all of the following:

1.) Experience utilizing the Federal Records Act for the retention, safeguarding, preservation, and disposition of managing records;

2.) Experience conducting quality control reviews for the basis of recommending and justifying records management implementation improvements;

3.) Experience developing records management procedures, long-range plans, and execution strategies; And

4.) Experience following FOIA and Privacy Act rules and procedures to analyze, process, and dispose of requests and related actions.

Education

Note: There is no substitution of education for experience at this level.

Additional information

Applicants must meet initial and periodic suitability determinations based on favorable background investigations and updates.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement.

Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and, (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility.

For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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